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Sunday, June 4, 2017

Cougar and Cub #5 Review

Cougar and Cub #5

Writer: Nick
Marino, Rosie Knight

Art Team:
Daniel Arruda Massa

Action Lab
Danger Zone

Release Date: May
31, 2017

Cover Price:
$2.99 digital only @ comixology.com

Cougar and Cub Come to a Climax

The clever, Batman
and Robin satire, innuendo filled comic series, called Cougar and Cub comes to a
raucous conclusion here to wrap up the month of May in style. Nick Marino and
Rosie Knight, with Daniel Arruda on art duties, pull no punches in the
conclusion to their home brewed tale and I for one wouldn’t have it any other
way. So after last issue, with Cougar
beaten down and Cub captured, do we end up receiving the ‘happy ending’ we were
hoping for? Jump in to find out that and more.

The issue
starts off with the introduction to a pretty crazy new character, which has an
even crazier history, with our hero Cougar.
After using her old pal for his ‘services’, Cougar jets off to free her
sidekick Cub from the clutches of her Rouges, and the still yet to be named ‘Big
Bad’ responsible for organizing all this recent chaos around the lives of our
heroes.

Next we move
on to discover Cub looks like he’s about to suffer the worst fate humanly
possible by being forced into a life of male prostitution by the villains (OH
NO! The horror!!!!!)! However the Cougar arrives just in the nick of time and
begins to lay the smack down on her ‘Rouges gallery’s’ candy asses. The Cougar takes down each ‘Rouge’, in a
clever and awesomely inappropriate way, before eventually coming face to face
with the master of disaster itself … The Brains?!?!

This act
moves into the backstory on our newfound villain. We find out the Brain’s ends
up being formerly Timmy Tawny, a sidekick of Cougar, that didn’t get the same
special treatment the current Cub is receiving.
A jealous Brain, fills us all in on the why’s, with a monologue for the
ages, on the intricacies of his background just as our narration pops back up in
hysterical fashion which has been just an utter highlight of the series so far.

I don’t want
to flat out spoil the ending to this clever currently digital only series(which
will be coming out in trade paperback shortly) but let’s just say the book
concludes in a way that the great Eric Shea’s girlfriend “would find inappropriate”
while also making her very angry …. <Door slam>.

Cougar and
Cub is a great series for fans of the satire genre, who have a love for golden
and silver age hero team ups, laced with enough humor and innuendo to make a
high school student blush. It’s worth saying again, the narration in this comic
book is absolutely scene stealing, and worth the price of admission alone,
really elevating the story telling. Daniel Arruda’s art is also just so damn
dapper, perfectly suited for this ‘Adult Swim’ type comedy, simply adding to
the laughs of the story with his unique style.

You can just
tell everyone involved in this title had a blast making the book, which totally
comes through on the printed page plus keep your eye out for a neat little
cameo from the stories creators towards the end of the title.

Bits and Pieces

I whole
heartedly recommend this series to any fan interested in Action Lab Danger Zone’s
offerings who’s unsure what to checkout next. This is a story with a sense of
humor at play here that perfectly captures the whole late night adult cartoon
type feel and is deserving of your attention.

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